Central African President Francois Bozize Overthrown By Rebels

On Sunday 24th March 2013, Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade Francois Bozize, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has "opened a new page in its history."
The country's president fled the capital, while extra French troops moved to secure the airport, officials said.
The rebels' invasion of the capital came just two months after they had signed a peace agreement that would have let President Francois Bozize serve until 2016.